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WIGLEY FAMILY HISTORY

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GENERATIONS ARE NUMBERED FROM THE FIRST TRACED ANCESTOR, RICHARD WIGLEY II (about 1600-1661), AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND COLOUR:

THOMAS WIGLEY IX’s CHILDREN (continued)

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THOMAS WIGLEY XI

LIFE

under construction

GENERATION

born Q3 1849^BMD, Kidderminster, Worcs^CENSUS, baptized 24 FEB 1852, Kidderminster, Worcs^CERT

died 1933, New Jersey, USA, age about 83, buried Yonkers, New York, USA

married about 1881, USA

SUSAN GREENHALGH, daughter of William? Greenhalgh, carpenter? and Martha --?, separated

born MAR 1859, New York state, USA

died 1943, New York?, USA, age about 83, buried Yonkers, New York, USA

● Thomas was previously numbered THOMAS VIII – renumbered MAY 2020

● he emigrated to the USA in 1873

● Susan’s 2^nd initial is sometimes given as J, but nowhere is this 2^nd name given fully

● nothing more is known about her

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

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WILLIAM ROY WIGLEY

11 OCT 1881, Yonkers, Westchester county, New York state, USA^{DEATH BMD}

21 APR 1965, Sherwood Forest, Brevard, Transylvania county, North Carolina, USA [died of coronary thrombosis]^CERT, age 83, buried 24 APR 1965, St Paul's in the Valley Cemetery, Brevard, North Carolina, USA^{CERT, GRAVESTONE}

SEE BELOW

CHESTER GREENHALGH WIGLEY

13 FEB 1884, Yonkers, New York state, USA^{MARRIAGE
RECORD, WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD}

died 1 APR 1959, Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA, age 75, buried 3 APR 1959, Boulder City Cemetery [died of cerebrovascular accident]^CERT

ARTHUR GREENHALGH WIGLEY

24 MAY 1888^{DEATH BMD}, Yonkers^{WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD}, New York state, USA^CENSUS

DEC 1967^BMD, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA^FAM, age 79, cremated xxxYYY

● total 3 children by 1900 census, all alive

PARENTS UNKNOWN – COUSIN of THOMAS WIGLEY XI?

EDWARD/EDMUND WIGLEY

GENERATION

born about 1855, the 1880 USA census says in England

died ?

married after 1880?^CENSUS

● an Edward[?] Wigley was boarder c/o the Greenhalgh family, 25, carpet weaver, together with Thomas VIII, no relationship shown

● nothing more is known about his wife

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BORN

DIED

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CHARLES EDWARD WIGLEY I

21 JAN 1883^{WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION
CARD}, New York state, USA^CENSUS

1930~40^CENSUS

● one source thinks he was Edward/Edmund's son

● SEE BELOW

OTHERS?

THOMAS WIGLEY XI’s CHILDREN

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WILLIAM ROY WIGLEY

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD

W I L L

GENERATION

born 11 OCT 1881, Yonkers, Westchester county, New York state, USA^{DEATH BMD}

died 21 APR 1965, Sherwood Forest, Brevard, Transylvania county, North Carolina, USA [died of coronary thrombosis]^CERT, age 83, buried 24 APR 1965, St Paul's in the Valley Cemetery, Brevard, North Carolina, USA^{CERT, GRAVESTONE}

married (1) 29 JUN 1910, Yonkers, Westchester county, USA, MARGARET GREY LINSENBARTH, daughter of Frederick Linsenbarth and Margaret Grey Lakin^CERT, presumably divorced between 1930^CENSUS and 1932^{2nd MARRIAGE}

born NOV 1881^CENSUS, Salem, New York state, USA^{MARRIAGE
CERT, CENSUS}

died 21 JUN 1939, Yonkers, Westchester county, New York state, USA, age 58^NEWSPAPER [died of cancer^FAM]

married (2) 20 AUG 1932, Cook county, Illinois, USA, FRANCES PICTON CAMPBELL^BMD, daughter of Herbert Picton Campbell and Cornelia Ann Ketcheam^DEATH^BMD

born 9 FEB 1888, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA^{DEATH BMD}

died 15 OCT 1966, Mountain Sanatorium, Fletcher, Henderson county, North Carolina, USA [died of perforated viscus[?]]^CERT, age 78, buried 16 OCT 1966, St Paul's in the Valley Cemetery, Brevard, North Carolina, USA^CERT, ^GRAVESTONE

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THE NEW YORK TIMES - 23 JUN 1939 - OBITUARIES

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Yonkers, N.Y., June 22. - Mrs. Margaret Grey Wigley, for years associated with the Yonkers Public Library, died yesterday at her home here at the age of 58. Two sisters survive.

● no mention of her husband – is this of any significance? – now that is been ascertained that she and YYY were divorced, ths lack of any mention is logical

● a Charles E. Wigley was a witness at William Roy’s 1^st wedding, 1910

● William Roy signed his will 28 MAY 1959, as a resident of Seminole County, Florida, USA

● he left everything to his wife, Frances Picton – there is no mention of any children

● he specifically disinherited all other possible lawful claimants, presumably his a family source comments:

● “It is my understanding (from my uncle [William Roy’s nephew]) that the 1^st wife died while they were married”, ie. they did not divorce – if William Roy married Frances Picton in 1932, he must have divorced from Margaret Grey

● “According to what we have seen in research and been reported by the family - neither wife produced offspring”remaining surviving brother, Arthur Greenhalgh, and/or his niece and nephews

● Margaret Grey's parents were both born in New York state, USA^CENSUSpaternal grandfather born in Germany

● nothing more is known about her

● nothing more is known about Frances Picton Campbell

CHILDREN? (SEE NOTES)

CHESTER GREENHALGH WIGLEY

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD

GENERATION

born 13 FEB 1884, Yonkers, New York state, USA^{MARRIAGE RECORD, WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD}

died 1 APR 1959, Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA, age 75, buried 3 APR 1959, Boulder City Cemetery [died of cerebrovascular accident]^CERT

married 21 APR 1910, Portage county, Ohio, USA?, BESSIE SMITH, daughter of Loomis A. Smith and Lillian Browning^MARRIAGE^{RECORD, DEATH BMD}

born 8 JUN 1884, Ravenna^MARRIAGE^RECORD / Akron^DEATH^BMD, Ohio, USA

died 21 MAR 1962, Boulder City Hospital, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA, age 77, buried 24 MAR 1962, Boulder City Cemetery [died of coronary preclusion[?]]^CERT

● their son Robert Smith’s daughter comments that her father moved to Boulder City approx. 1948, as he worked for the Bureau of Reclamation on the Hoover Dam project

● apparently the sole reason for the existence of Boulder City was the need to house workers contracted to build the dam

● in 1955 he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and in 1960 to Corcoran, California

● Chester Greenhalgh’s and Bessie’s death certificates show that they had lived in Boulder City since 1949-50, so presumably they moved there to be near Robert Smith

● the author previously thought that Bessie’s full name might be Elizabeth, but

► in the marriage certificate it is Bessie B. Smith (the B possibly standing for Browning, her mother’s maiden name)

► in the death certificate it is Bess Smith Wigley

► in the 1900-10 censuses it is Bessie B. Smith, in 1920 Bessie Wigley, in 1930 Bessie S. Wigley, and in 1940 Bess S. Wigley

► in Chester Greenhalgh’s WW1 Draft Registration Card it is Elizabeth S. Wigley

● so, for consistency, the simple name “Bessie” has been used on this site

● nothing more is known about her

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DIED

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ARTHUR BROWNING WIGLEY

5 JAN 1911, Trenton, New Jersey, USA^CENSUS^{, MILTARY
RECORD}

17 AUG 1967, DeKalb county, county of residence Fulton, Georgia, USA, age 56^BMD

SEE BELOW

ROBERT SMITH WIGLEY

1 FEB 1916^{DEATH BMD} / 13 FEB 1916^FAM, Trenton^MARRIAGE^RECORD, New Jersey, USA^{CENSUS, FAM}

13 JUL 1961, Kings County, California, USA^BMD, age 45

ARTHUR GREENHALGH WIGLEY

L I F E

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD

GENERATION

born 24 MAY 1888^{DEATH BMD}, Yonkers^{WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD}, New York state, USA^CENSUS

died DEC 1967^BMD, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA^FAM, age 79, cremated xxxYYY

married 2 DEC 1915, New York state, USA, MARY E. LOUCKS^BMD, daughter of Elmer E. Loucks and Anna Wessels^FAM

born about 1890, New York state, USA^CENSUS

died ….., Coconut Grove, Florida, USA^FAM, cremated xxxYYY

nothing more is known about Mary E. Loucks

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BORN

DIED

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PAUL LOUCKS WIGLEY

25 OCT 1917, New York state, USA^FAM

7 NOV 1979, Maryland, USA, age 62, buried Davidsonville, Maryland, USA^FAM

SEE BELOW

JANE ELIZABETH WIGLEY

1921, NEW JERSEY, USA^CENSUS

14 DEC 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, age 93^FAM

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about her

ROLAND L(OUCKS?) WIGLEY

4 OCT 1923, Blawenburg, New Jersey, USA^OBITUARY

16 SEP 2020, Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA?^OBITUARY, age 96, buried Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA^OBITUARY

SEE BELOW

EDWARD/EDMUND WIGLEY’s POSSIBLE CHILDREN

CHARLES EDWARD WIGLEY I

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD

GENERATION

born 21 JAN 1883^{WW1 DRAFT
REGISTRATION CARD}, New York state, USA^CENSUS

died 1930~40^CENSUS

married about 1906, ISABEL --^{WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARD, CENSUS}

born about 1884, New York state, USA^CENSUS

died ?

● a Charles E. Wigley was a witness at William Roy Wigley’s 1^st wedding, 1910

● nothing more is known about Isabel--, except that her father was German and mother American?

CHILDREN?

● none shown in 1910-30 censuses

CHESTER GREENHALGH WIGLEY’s CHILDREN

ARTHUR BROWNING WIGLEY

GENERATION

born 5 JAN 1911, Trenton, New Jersey, USA^CENSUS^{, MILITARY RECORD}

died 17 AUG 1967, DeKalb County, county of residence Fulton, Georgia, USA, age 56^BMD

married 1930~40^CENSUS, MARY DEWEY, daughter of George Steele Dewey and Jon Rodgers^FAM

born about 1914, North Carolina, USA^CENSUS

died ?

● Arthur Browning was living in Virginia in the 1940 census, and an Arthur B. Wigley Jr and a Mary D. Wigley are mentioned in a Virginia newspaper in 1965, but must have eventually moved to Georgia, and Mary thence to North Carolina

● a source on Ancestry gives Mary’s 2^nd name as Alice, but quotes a death for Mary D. Wigley, born 4 OCT 1913, died 24 DEC 2007, possibly in Wilson, North Carolina

● a death in North Carolina sounds likely however

● there is a birth in the North Carolina Birth Indexes for a Mary Steele Dewey, Birth Date 1913, Birth County Wayne, Parent Name Geo Steele Dewey

● nothing more is known about her

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THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION – DEATHS – 18 AUG 1967

WIGLEY – Mr. Arthur B. of 2263 Coronett Way NW, died Aug. 17, 1967. Surviving are his wife, Mary Dewey Wigley; son, Mr. Arthur Steven Wigley, Staunton, Va.; granddaughter, Linda Olivia Wigley. H. M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill

CHILDREN

BORN

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ARTHUR STEVEN WIGLEY I

12 MAR 1937^{DEATH BMD}, Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA^BMD

died 3 MAR 1989, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA^BMD, age 51, cremated xxxxYYY

SEE BELOW

MARGARET A. WIGLEY

● there is no record for either in the online North Carolina Birth Indexes

● nothing more is known about them

CHARLES D. WIGLEY

about 1949, North Carolina, USA^FAM / Delaware, USA^CENSUS

died Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA^FAM

ROBERT SMITH WIGLEY

L I F E

GENERATION

born 1 FEB 1916^{DEATH BMD} / 13 FEB 1916^FAM, Trenton^MARRIAGE^RECORD, New Jersey, USA^{CENSUS, FAM}

died 13 JUL 1961, Kings County, California, USA^BMD, age 45

married 20 SEP 1937, Manhattan, New York, USA, MARTHA FRANCES CLARK, daughter of Walter Benjamin Clark and Lulu Edith York^BMD

born 26 AUG 1914, Randalia, Iowa, USA^DEATH^BMD

23 AUG 2006, last residence Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA^BMD, age 91

● in the marriage record, Robert Smith’s age is given as 28, making him born 1909 – it is unclear why

● Martha Frances married (2) Gerald (J.?) Shwa/enk, 1898?-1991^BMD

● nothing more is known about her

3 DAUGHTERS, AT LEAST 3 GRANDCHILDREN, AT LEAST 1 GREAT-GRANDCHILD, including the ROGERS, FELIX and ARNOLD families; ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA – SEE NEXT PAGE

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SUSAN LILLIAN WIGLEY

5 JAN 1953, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada, USA

6 JAN 1953, Rose De Lima Hospital, Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, USA, age 2 days [died of atelectasis], buried 8 JAN 1953, Boulder City Cemetery^CERT

nothing more is known about her

ARTHUR GREENHALGH WIGLEY’s CHILDREN

PAUL LOUCKS WIGLEY

GENERATION

born 25 OCT 1917, New York state, USA^FAM

died 7 NOV 1979, Maryland, USA, age 62, buried Davidsonville, Maryland, USA^FAM

married 1945, Miami, Florida, USA^FAM

RUBY JOHNSTON

born about 1918, Florida, USA^CENSUS

● nothing more is known about Ruby Johnston

1 SON, 1 DAUGHTER, 1 GRANDCHILD, 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, including the GORHAM and MORRIS families, GEORGIA, USA^FAM - SEE NEXT PAGE

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ROLAND L(OUCKS?) WIGLEY

GENERATION

born 4 OCT 1923, Blawenburg, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA^OBITUARY

died 16 SEP 2020, Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA?^OBITUARY, age 96, buried Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA^OBITUARY

married 1956^OBITUARY, Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA?^OBITUARY

NANCY SHAVE^FAM

born ?

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Roland L. Wigley, 96, of Woods Hole, died peacefully at home among family on September 16. He was the husband of Nancy (Shave) Wigley. They had been married 64 years.

Son of Arthur G. and Mary E. Wigley, he was born in Blawenburg, NJ and spent his childhood in Pennington, NJ. He graduated from Pennington Central High School in 1941, and completed one semester at the University of Maine-Orono before volunteering for service in the U.S. Army Air Corps. As a second lieutenant, he served as a navigator on a B-29 Flying Fortress during World War II. After the war, he returned to the University of Maine-Orono under the G.I. Bill and received a B.S. degree in Wildlife Conservation in 1949. He then enrolled as a graduate student at Cornell University, receiving a research fellowship from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During the summer of 1949, he served aboard the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s research vessel ALBATROSS III. While at sea, he had the good fortune of making the acquaintance of Rachel Carson, author of “Silent Spring”. He received a doctorate in Vertebrate Zoology from Cornell University in 1953. He began his career at the Woods Hole Laboratory of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (now known as NOAA Fisheries) in 1953 and retired in 1980 as Chief of the Benthic Dynamics Investigation.

Dr. Wigley had an illustrious and productive career in marine science and published prolifically with over 50 publications in leading marine science journals. He also served on the editorial boards of several journals, was a founder and advisory board member for the publication of identification manuals: “Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States”, and served on committees of national and international organizations involved in scientific studies of marine life. He was a member of American Fisheries Society, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Society of Systematic Zoology, Society of Sigma Xi, and a Marine Biological Laboratory Society Emeritus Member.

He participated in submersible dives aboard the ALVIN and BEN FRANKLIN in collaboration with researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He also had close collaborations with researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory. A large collection of preserved invertebrate animals, assembled by Dr. Wigley and his associates over his career, was incorporated into the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.

He discovered, described, and named five crustaceans new to science. He documented the occurrence of several invertebrate species in the western Atlantic Ocean for the first time. And, he received the ultimate taxonomic honor of having five invertebrate species named after him by other researchers. He received a Special Achievement Award and Silver Medal for his research accomplishments from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

While in Woods Hole, Roland met and married Nancy Shave, who was working at the Marine Biological Laboratory, in 1956. He was a devoted husband and loving father to their two daughters. Some of Roland’s life-long hobbies included fishing, gardening, music, wood-working, and playing bridge.

In addition to his loving wife Nancy, he is survived by his daughters Cynthia Domack of Clinton, NY and Susan Wigley (and her husband Jay Burnett) of Falmouth, as well as his nephew Thomas Wigley and his niece Sharon Gorham, both of Georgia. He was predeceased by his brother Paul Wigley and sister Jane Wigley. The family wishes to acknowledge the exceptional and compassionate care provided by Marcey Dehnick, Kerry Burns, Joan Brosnan, Nancy Perry, Heidi Thatcher, and VNA Cape Cod Hospice who made Roland’s last few years comfortable and pleasant.

Private service and burial will be held in the Churchyard Cemetery in Woods Hole. Memorial donations may be made to The 300 Committee Land Trust, 157 Locust Street, Falmouth, MA 02540.

● nothing more is known about Nancy Shave

2 DAUGHTERS, NEW YORK and MASSACHUSETTS^FAM – SEE NEXT PAGE

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